Clone contents of a GitHub repository without the folder itself

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I d like to git clone the contents of a repository I have on GitHub  When I git clone  git github me name git     I get a folder called name  and inside name I have my contents    How do I get JUST the contents

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to clone git repo into the current and empty folder  no git init  and if you do not use ssh   git clone https   github com accountName repoName git

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You can specify the destination directory as second parameter of the git clone command  so you can do   git clone  lt remote gt      This will clone the repository directly in the current local directory

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this worker for me  git clone  lt repository gt

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If the current directory is empty  you can do that with   git clone git github me name git      Note the   at the end to specify the current directory    Of course  this also creates the  git directory in your current folder  not just the source code from your project   This optional  directory  parameter is documented in the git clone manual page  which points out that cloning into an existing directory is only allowed if that directory is empty

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Unfortunately  this doesn t work if there are other  non-related directories already in the same dir  Looking for a solution  The error message is   fatal  destination path     already exists       The solution in this case is   git init git remote add origin git github com me name git git pull origin master   This recipe works even if there are other directories in the one you want to checkout in

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If the folder is not empty  a slightly modified version of  JohnLittle s answer worked for me   git init git remote add origin https   github com me name git git pull origin master   As  peter-cordes pointed out  the only difference is using https protocol instead of git  for which you need to have SSH keys configured

[git] Clone contents of a GitHub repository (without the folder itself)

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